Saturday, February 3
Berkshire Bach Society presents Bach, Mendelssohn, & Brahms: Fantasia, Fugues, Chorales, & More
Peter Sykes, organist
The program features the historic Housatonic Johnson Tracker organ and includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Niels Gade, and Johannes Brahms
4pm - Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 1089 Main St, Housatonic, MA
$25. Free for students with ID
http://berkshirebach.org/?page_id=5724
Peter Sykes, organist
The program features the historic Housatonic Johnson Tracker organ and includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Niels Gade, and Johannes Brahms
4pm - Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 1089 Main St, Housatonic, MA
$25. Free for students with ID
http://berkshirebach.org/?page_id=5724
Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.): Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Brenna Wells, Shari Alise Wilson, Jennifer Ashe, Pamela Dellal, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Mark Sprinkle, Michael Barrett, Jason McStoots, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Cameron Beauchamp, voices
Blue Heron has released five CDs of the Peterhouse repertoire, copied c. 1540 for Canterbury Cathedral, but there is much more wonderful music to explore in this large neglected collection. This season's program features our premiere performance of the splended Missa Veni sancte spiritus by Richard Pygott, whose amazing Salve regina appears on volume 2 of the 5-CD set. Pre-concert talk at 7:15 by Scott Metcalfe. Doors open 7 PM.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Advance tickets: $65, $45, $32, $27, $10 (Under 18 admitted free)
blueheron.org
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.): Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Brenna Wells, Shari Alise Wilson, Jennifer Ashe, Pamela Dellal, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Mark Sprinkle, Michael Barrett, Jason McStoots, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Cameron Beauchamp, voices
Blue Heron has released five CDs of the Peterhouse repertoire, copied c. 1540 for Canterbury Cathedral, but there is much more wonderful music to explore in this large neglected collection. This season's program features our premiere performance of the splended Missa Veni sancte spiritus by Richard Pygott, whose amazing Salve regina appears on volume 2 of the 5-CD set. Pre-concert talk at 7:15 by Scott Metcalfe. Doors open 7 PM.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Advance tickets: $65, $45, $32, $27, $10 (Under 18 admitted free)
blueheron.org
Sunday, February 4
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Holst: Nunc dimittis for Westminster Cathedral
Byrd: Kyrie (Mass for Three Voices)
Tallis: Missa “Salve intemerata”
Weelkes: O Lord arise into thy resting place
Gibbons: Lift up your heads
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Holst: Nunc dimittis for Westminster Cathedral
Byrd: Kyrie (Mass for Three Voices)
Tallis: Missa “Salve intemerata”
Weelkes: O Lord arise into thy resting place
Gibbons: Lift up your heads
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
King's Chapel Concert Series - Concerto!
Heinrich Christensen, organ, with string ensemble
J.S. Bach: Double Concerto for Two Violins
G.F. Handel: Organ Concerto in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4
G.P. Telemann: Viola Concerto no. 2 in G Major
F.X. Schnizer: Organ Concerto in A Major
5pm - King's Chapel 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. Doors open at 4:30pm. Validated discount parking available at One Beacon Garage, across the street from the Chapel. King's Chapel is wheelchair accessible.
$15, $10 students, seniors in advance; $20, $15 students, seniors at the door
617-227-2155 or www.kings-chapel.org/concert-series.html
Heinrich Christensen, organ, with string ensemble
J.S. Bach: Double Concerto for Two Violins
G.F. Handel: Organ Concerto in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4
G.P. Telemann: Viola Concerto no. 2 in G Major
F.X. Schnizer: Organ Concerto in A Major
5pm - King's Chapel 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. Doors open at 4:30pm. Validated discount parking available at One Beacon Garage, across the street from the Chapel. King's Chapel is wheelchair accessible.
$15, $10 students, seniors in advance; $20, $15 students, seniors at the door
617-227-2155 or www.kings-chapel.org/concert-series.html
Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.): Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Brenna Wells, Shari Alise Wilson, Jennifer Ashe, Pamela Dellal, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Mark Sprinkle, Michael Barrett, Jason McStoots, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Cameron Beauchamp, voices
Blue Heron has released five CDs of the Peterhouse repertoire, copied c. 1540 for Canterbury Cathedral, but there is much more wonderful music to explore in this large neglected collection. This season's program features our premiere performance of the splended Missa Veni sancte spiritus by Richard Pygott, whose amazing Salve regina appears on volume 2 of the 5-CD set. Pre-concert talk at 7:15 by Scott Metcalfe. Doors open 7 PM.
8pm - S.Stephen's Church, 114 George Street, Providence, RI 02906
Advance tickets: $65, $45, $32, $27, $10 (Under 18 admitted free)
blueheron.org
Blue Heron (Scott Metcalfe, dir.): Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Brenna Wells, Shari Alise Wilson, Jennifer Ashe, Pamela Dellal, Martin Near, Owen McIntosh, Mark Sprinkle, Michael Barrett, Jason McStoots, Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, Cameron Beauchamp, voices
Blue Heron has released five CDs of the Peterhouse repertoire, copied c. 1540 for Canterbury Cathedral, but there is much more wonderful music to explore in this large neglected collection. This season's program features our premiere performance of the splended Missa Veni sancte spiritus by Richard Pygott, whose amazing Salve regina appears on volume 2 of the 5-CD set. Pre-concert talk at 7:15 by Scott Metcalfe. Doors open 7 PM.
8pm - S.Stephen's Church, 114 George Street, Providence, RI 02906
Advance tickets: $65, $45, $32, $27, $10 (Under 18 admitted free)
blueheron.org
Tuesday, February 6
King's Chapel Noontime Recitals
Nathaniel Cox, cornetto, Karen Burciaga, violin, Heinrich Christensen, organ
Works of Rossi, Scarani, Fontana, Riccio and others. This program lasts about 35 minutes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Nathaniel Cox, cornetto, Karen Burciaga, violin, Heinrich Christensen, organ
Works of Rossi, Scarani, Fontana, Riccio and others. This program lasts about 35 minutes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Thursday, February 8
La Folia: Renaissance & Baroque Masterpieces from Spain
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
8pm - First Religious Society, 27 School St., Carlisle, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
8pm - First Religious Society, 27 School St., Carlisle, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Friday, February 9
La Folia: Renaissance & Baroque Masterpieces from Spain
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
8pm - Congregational Church of Weston, 130 Newton St., Weston, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
8pm - Congregational Church of Weston, 130 Newton St., Weston, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Christ lag in Todesbanden: Sacred Cantatas in Leipzig
Ensemble Origo (Eric Rice, director) Megan Chartrand, Mary Gerbi, Katherine Growdon, Lawrence Jones, Paul Max Tipton, voices; with Priscilla Herreid, Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken, bombard; Chris Belluscio, cornettino; Daniel S. Lee, piccolo violin/violin; Dongmyung Ahn, violin; Francis Liu, violin/viola; Lisa Rautenberg, Brandon Kaplan, viola; Ezra Seltzer, cello;
Jeffrey Grossman, keyboard; and the University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum
Ensemble Origo is joined by the University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum to perform stunning Baroque cantatas. Settings of "Christ lag in Todesbanden" by Sebastien Knüpfer, one of Bach's predecessors in Leipzig, and Bach's well known setting of the same tune will be accompanied by period orchestra. The Knüpfer will be a modern premiere and features three bombards (large forerunners of the oboe) and a string orchestra that includes the piccolo violin, an instrument prevalent in Leipzig during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Also on the program is Bach's motet Lobet den Herrn and his ricercar for six parts. There will be an introductory talk 30 minutes before each performance.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
$25/$10 Students/Low Income
www.ensembleorigo.org
Ensemble Origo (Eric Rice, director) Megan Chartrand, Mary Gerbi, Katherine Growdon, Lawrence Jones, Paul Max Tipton, voices; with Priscilla Herreid, Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken, bombard; Chris Belluscio, cornettino; Daniel S. Lee, piccolo violin/violin; Dongmyung Ahn, violin; Francis Liu, violin/viola; Lisa Rautenberg, Brandon Kaplan, viola; Ezra Seltzer, cello;
Jeffrey Grossman, keyboard; and the University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum
Ensemble Origo is joined by the University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum to perform stunning Baroque cantatas. Settings of "Christ lag in Todesbanden" by Sebastien Knüpfer, one of Bach's predecessors in Leipzig, and Bach's well known setting of the same tune will be accompanied by period orchestra. The Knüpfer will be a modern premiere and features three bombards (large forerunners of the oboe) and a string orchestra that includes the piccolo violin, an instrument prevalent in Leipzig during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Also on the program is Bach's motet Lobet den Herrn and his ricercar for six parts. There will be an introductory talk 30 minutes before each performance.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
$25/$10 Students/Low Income
www.ensembleorigo.org
Magnificat: Renaissance Music of Spain and Portugal
Exsultemus: Shannon Canavin & Sarah Yanovitch, soprano; Douglas Dodson, countertenor; Charles Blandy & Alexander Nishibun, tenor; Ulysses Thomas, bass-baritone
The exquisite voices of Exsultemus celebrate the Song of Mary in the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance traditions. A joyous and moving text, the Magnificat expresses Mary’s jubilant response upon learning she will give birth to the Savior. Settings of this beloved canticle by Guerrero, Ortiz, and Cardoso will be heard alongside music dedicated to the Virgin Mary by Victoria, Navarro, de Brito, de Christo, and others.
8pm - First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA
$25 & $45; $5 off for students & seniors
www.exsultemus.org
Exsultemus: Shannon Canavin & Sarah Yanovitch, soprano; Douglas Dodson, countertenor; Charles Blandy & Alexander Nishibun, tenor; Ulysses Thomas, bass-baritone
The exquisite voices of Exsultemus celebrate the Song of Mary in the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance traditions. A joyous and moving text, the Magnificat expresses Mary’s jubilant response upon learning she will give birth to the Savior. Settings of this beloved canticle by Guerrero, Ortiz, and Cardoso will be heard alongside music dedicated to the Virgin Mary by Victoria, Navarro, de Brito, de Christo, and others.
8pm - First Lutheran Church of Boston, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA
$25 & $45; $5 off for students & seniors
www.exsultemus.org
Saturday, February 10
Music of the German Baroque
Sine Nomine Chamber Choir joined by Laura Gulley, Julia McKenzie, Catherine Hawkes, Daniel Rowe, Catherine Gordon, Lisa Babbitt, Heidi Dion
Led by founding director Glenn Giuttari, Sine Nomine choral ensemble continues celebrating its 25th anniversary season with Music of the German Baroque. The concert will feature chamber music of Telemann (trio sonata & cantata), Schütz’s fabulous and introspective Selig sind, Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring and the motet Lobet den Herren.
7:30pm - First Unitarian Church Hall, 1 Benevolent St, Providence, RI
$20. / $15 seniors and students
www.sinenominechoir.org
Sine Nomine Chamber Choir joined by Laura Gulley, Julia McKenzie, Catherine Hawkes, Daniel Rowe, Catherine Gordon, Lisa Babbitt, Heidi Dion
Led by founding director Glenn Giuttari, Sine Nomine choral ensemble continues celebrating its 25th anniversary season with Music of the German Baroque. The concert will feature chamber music of Telemann (trio sonata & cantata), Schütz’s fabulous and introspective Selig sind, Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring and the motet Lobet den Herren.
7:30pm - First Unitarian Church Hall, 1 Benevolent St, Providence, RI
$20. / $15 seniors and students
www.sinenominechoir.org
La Folia: Renaissance & Baroque Masterpieces from Spain
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
8pm - Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
8pm - Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St., Salem, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Magnificat: Renaissance Music of Spain and Portugal
Exsultemus: Shannon Canavin & Sarah Yanovitch, soprano; Douglas Dodson, countertenor; Charles Blandy & Alexander Nishibun, tenor; Ulysses Thomas, bass-baritone
The exquisite voices of Exsultemus celebrate the Song of Mary in the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance traditions. A joyous and moving text, the Magnificat expresses Mary’s jubilant response upon learning she will give birth to the Savior. Settings of this beloved canticle by Guerrero, Ortiz, and Cardoso will be heard alongside music dedicated to the Virgin Mary by Victoria, Navarro, de Brito, de Christo, and others.
8pm - St. Anthony's Church, 400 Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, Cambridge, MA
FREE
www.exsultemus.org
Exsultemus: Shannon Canavin & Sarah Yanovitch, soprano; Douglas Dodson, countertenor; Charles Blandy & Alexander Nishibun, tenor; Ulysses Thomas, bass-baritone
The exquisite voices of Exsultemus celebrate the Song of Mary in the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance traditions. A joyous and moving text, the Magnificat expresses Mary’s jubilant response upon learning she will give birth to the Savior. Settings of this beloved canticle by Guerrero, Ortiz, and Cardoso will be heard alongside music dedicated to the Virgin Mary by Victoria, Navarro, de Brito, de Christo, and others.
8pm - St. Anthony's Church, 400 Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, Cambridge, MA
FREE
www.exsultemus.org
Sunday, February 11
Solemn High Mass
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Stevens: Mass for Double Choir
Willan: O Lord our Governor
Scott: Behold, O God our defender
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
The Choir of the Church of the Advent
Stevens: Mass for Double Choir
Willan: O Lord our Governor
Scott: Behold, O God our defender
11:15am - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Music of the German Baroque
Sine Nomine Chamber Choir joined by Laura Gulley, Julia McKenzie, Catherine Hawkes, Daniel Rowe, Catherine Gordon, Lisa Babbitt, Heidi Dion
Led by founding director Glenn Giuttari, Sine Nomine choral ensemble continues celebrating its 25th anniversary season with Music of the German Baroque. The concert will feature chamber music of Telemann (trio sonata & cantata), Schütz’s fabulous and introspective Selig sind, Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring and the motet Lobet den Herren.
3pm - Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, 327 Second Street, Fall River, MA
$20. / $15 seniors and students
www.sinenominechoir.org
Sine Nomine Chamber Choir joined by Laura Gulley, Julia McKenzie, Catherine Hawkes, Daniel Rowe, Catherine Gordon, Lisa Babbitt, Heidi Dion
Led by founding director Glenn Giuttari, Sine Nomine choral ensemble continues celebrating its 25th anniversary season with Music of the German Baroque. The concert will feature chamber music of Telemann (trio sonata & cantata), Schütz’s fabulous and introspective Selig sind, Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring and the motet Lobet den Herren.
3pm - Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, 327 Second Street, Fall River, MA
$20. / $15 seniors and students
www.sinenominechoir.org
La Folia: Renaissance & Baroque Masterpieces from Spain
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
4pm - Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County St., Ipswich, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
4pm - Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County St., Ipswich, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Christ lag in Todesbanden: Sacred Cantatas in Leipzig
Ensemble Origo (Eric Rice, director) Megan Chartrand, Mary Gerbi, Katherine Growdon, Lawrence Jones, Paul Max Tipton, voices; with Priscilla Herreid, Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken, bombard; Chris Belluscio, cornettino; Daniel S. Lee, piccolo violin/violin; Dongmyung Ahn, violin; Francis Liu, violin/viola; Lisa Rautenberg, Brandon Kaplan, viola; Ezra Seltzer, cello;
Jeffrey Grossman, keyboard; and the University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum
Ensemble Origo is joined by the University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum to perform stunning Baroque cantatas. Settings of "Christ lag in Todesbanden" by Sebastien Knüpfer, one of Bach's predecessors in Leipzig, and Bach's well known setting of the same tune will be accompanied by period orchestra. The Knüpfer will be a modern premiere and features three bombards (large forerunners of the oboe) and a string orchestra that includes the piccolo violin, an instrument prevalent in Leipzig during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Also on the program is Bach's motet Lobet den Herrn and his ricercar for six parts. There will be an introductory talk 30 minutes before each performance.
5pm - Von der Mehden Recital Hall, University of Connecticut, 875 Coventry Rd. Storrs, CT
$25/$10 Students/Low Income
www.ensembleorigo.org
Ensemble Origo (Eric Rice, director) Megan Chartrand, Mary Gerbi, Katherine Growdon, Lawrence Jones, Paul Max Tipton, voices; with Priscilla Herreid, Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken, bombard; Chris Belluscio, cornettino; Daniel S. Lee, piccolo violin/violin; Dongmyung Ahn, violin; Francis Liu, violin/viola; Lisa Rautenberg, Brandon Kaplan, viola; Ezra Seltzer, cello;
Jeffrey Grossman, keyboard; and the University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum
Ensemble Origo is joined by the University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum to perform stunning Baroque cantatas. Settings of "Christ lag in Todesbanden" by Sebastien Knüpfer, one of Bach's predecessors in Leipzig, and Bach's well known setting of the same tune will be accompanied by period orchestra. The Knüpfer will be a modern premiere and features three bombards (large forerunners of the oboe) and a string orchestra that includes the piccolo violin, an instrument prevalent in Leipzig during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Also on the program is Bach's motet Lobet den Herrn and his ricercar for six parts. There will be an introductory talk 30 minutes before each performance.
5pm - Von der Mehden Recital Hall, University of Connecticut, 875 Coventry Rd. Storrs, CT
$25/$10 Students/Low Income
www.ensembleorigo.org
Monday, February 12
La Folia: Renaissance & Baroque Masterpieces from Spain
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
7:30pm - Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Très Maresienne: Lisa Brooke, violin; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, vihuela & Baroque guitar
“La Folia” is concert of variations, fantasias and dances of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque, with music by Ortiz, Cabezon, Milan, Selma, Scarlatti, Sanz, Murcia and others. During the Renaissance, Habsburg Spain became the largest empire ever, stretching from southern Italy to Flanders and all the way across the Atlantic. Spanish music flourished, and it reflected the many regional styles now incorporated into the empire. Among the canzonas, fantasias and dances typical of 16th- and 17th-century Spain, we can also find music in variation style from Naples, Galicia and the African New World. The program includes several very different settings of Folia (a wildly popular ground-bass tune used for variations), a “Jacara” (“dance of the ruffian”), as well as a violin sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, who worked for the Spanish royal family and was enchanted by the traditional music of his new home.
7:30pm - Christ Church, Zero Garden St., Cambridge, MA
$30, $25 seniors, students free
www.csem.org
Tuesday, February 13
King's Chapel Noontime Recitals
Harriet Bridges, soprano; Sheila Beardslee, recorder, Robert Barney, organ
“A Baroque Valentine” -- songs and arias by Monteverdi, Gluck, Handel, Arne. This program runs about 35 minutes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Harriet Bridges, soprano; Sheila Beardslee, recorder, Robert Barney, organ
“A Baroque Valentine” -- songs and arias by Monteverdi, Gluck, Handel, Arne. This program runs about 35 minutes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Wednesday, February 14
Ash Wednesday Service
Plainsong: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Byrd: Ne irascaris, Domine
Byrd: Civitas sancti tui
Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus
6:30pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Plainsong: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Byrd: Ne irascaris, Domine
Byrd: Civitas sancti tui
Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus
6:30pm - The Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer St., Boston, MA
Free! For more information: http://www.theadventboston.org
Tuesday, February 20
King's Chapel Noontime Recitals
Kyle Bertulli plays the C.B. Fisk Organ. Works of Bach, Callahan, Mendelssohn. This program runs about 35 minutes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Kyle Bertulli plays the C.B. Fisk Organ. Works of Bach, Callahan, Mendelssohn. This program runs about 35 minutes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Friday, February 23
A Song for All Seasons
Flanders Recorder Quartet with Cecile Kempanaers, soprano
Instrumental music and songs from the Renaissance by Byrd, Dowland, and others. For three decades the virtuoso instrumentalists of the Flanders Recorder Quartet have earned a peerless reputation for brilliant clarity, technical perfection, and sensitive musicianship, and in late 2018 they will perform their final concerts. The Boston Early Music Festival presents these exceptional musicians, and dazzling soprano Cécile Kempenaers, in a program of instrumental music and songs of Italy, Flanders, and England inspired by the eternal changing of the seasons. Pre-Concert Talk at 7pm.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
$20-$70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/17-18/flanders.htm
Flanders Recorder Quartet with Cecile Kempanaers, soprano
Instrumental music and songs from the Renaissance by Byrd, Dowland, and others. For three decades the virtuoso instrumentalists of the Flanders Recorder Quartet have earned a peerless reputation for brilliant clarity, technical perfection, and sensitive musicianship, and in late 2018 they will perform their final concerts. The Boston Early Music Festival presents these exceptional musicians, and dazzling soprano Cécile Kempenaers, in a program of instrumental music and songs of Italy, Flanders, and England inspired by the eternal changing of the seasons. Pre-Concert Talk at 7pm.
8pm - First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
$20-$70
http://www.bemf.org/pages/concerts/17-18/flanders.htm
Sunday, February 25
Isle of Saints: Music from Medieval Ireland
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, director, voice; Barbara Allen Hill, Catherine Stein, voices; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp, hurdy-gurdy; Ari Nieh, voice, percussion; Dan Meyers, winds, percussion, voice; Karen Burciaga, vielle, hurdy-gurdy
Meravelha presents a vivid musical history of Medieval Ireland through tales of her many saints. Pagan Brigid, later revered as a Christian abbess, was said to turn water to beer; Columba converted the Picts of Scotland and was part of Europe's first copyright dispute; and Patrick was captured by pirates before becoming Ireland's most famous saint. From grumpy abbots to cat-owning clerks, you'll hear colorful stories that bridge the ancient Celtic and early Christian traditions. The program includes selections spanning the 12-14th centuries from the Dublin Troper, Cormac's Psalter, the Inchcolm Antiphoner, and others.
4pm - Church of our Saviour, 25 Monmouth St. Brookline, MA
$20 general admission/$15 students, seniors & military
www.meravelha.com
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, director, voice; Barbara Allen Hill, Catherine Stein, voices; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp, hurdy-gurdy; Ari Nieh, voice, percussion; Dan Meyers, winds, percussion, voice; Karen Burciaga, vielle, hurdy-gurdy
Meravelha presents a vivid musical history of Medieval Ireland through tales of her many saints. Pagan Brigid, later revered as a Christian abbess, was said to turn water to beer; Columba converted the Picts of Scotland and was part of Europe's first copyright dispute; and Patrick was captured by pirates before becoming Ireland's most famous saint. From grumpy abbots to cat-owning clerks, you'll hear colorful stories that bridge the ancient Celtic and early Christian traditions. The program includes selections spanning the 12-14th centuries from the Dublin Troper, Cormac's Psalter, the Inchcolm Antiphoner, and others.
4pm - Church of our Saviour, 25 Monmouth St. Brookline, MA
$20 general admission/$15 students, seniors & military
www.meravelha.com
Tuesday, February 27
King's Chapel Noontime Recitals
John Tyson, recorders & Miyuki Tsurutani, harpsichord
French & Italian Renaissance music. This program runs about 35 minutes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
John Tyson, recorders & Miyuki Tsurutani, harpsichord
French & Italian Renaissance music. This program runs about 35 minutes.
12:15pm - King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
$5 suggested donation
http://www.kings-chapel.org/tuesday-recitals.html
Wednesday, February 28
Isle of Saints: Music from Medieval Ireland
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, director, voice; Barbara Allen Hill, Catherine Stein, voices; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp, hurdy-gurdy; Ari Nieh, voice, percussion; Dan Meyers, winds, percussion, voice; Karen Burciaga, vielle, hurdy-gurdy
Meravelha presents a vivid musical history of Medieval Ireland through tales of her many saints. Pagan Brigid, later revered as a Christian abbess, was said to turn water to beer; Columba converted the Picts of Scotland and was part of Europe's first copyright dispute; and Patrick was captured by pirates before becoming Ireland's most famous saint. From grumpy abbots to cat-owning clerks, you'll hear colorful stories that bridge the ancient Celtic and early Christian traditions. The program includes selections spanning the 12-14th centuries from the Dublin Troper, Cormac's Psalter, the Inchcolm Antiphoner, and others.
8pm - Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge St, Newton, MA
$20 general admission/$15 students, seniors & military
www.meravelha.com
Meravelha: Teri Kowiak, director, voice; Barbara Allen Hill, Catherine Stein, voices; Jaya Lakshminarayanan, voice, harp, hurdy-gurdy; Ari Nieh, voice, percussion; Dan Meyers, winds, percussion, voice; Karen Burciaga, vielle, hurdy-gurdy
Meravelha presents a vivid musical history of Medieval Ireland through tales of her many saints. Pagan Brigid, later revered as a Christian abbess, was said to turn water to beer; Columba converted the Picts of Scotland and was part of Europe's first copyright dispute; and Patrick was captured by pirates before becoming Ireland's most famous saint. From grumpy abbots to cat-owning clerks, you'll hear colorful stories that bridge the ancient Celtic and early Christian traditions. The program includes selections spanning the 12-14th centuries from the Dublin Troper, Cormac's Psalter, the Inchcolm Antiphoner, and others.
8pm - Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge St, Newton, MA
$20 general admission/$15 students, seniors & military
www.meravelha.com